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r/linguisticshumor

177k members
r/linguisticshumor is a subreddit with 177k members. The community frequently discusses language, phonetics, pronunciation, english, and phonology, and the most common flair used is phonetics/phonology, sociolinguistics, semantics, etymology, and morphology.
Linguistics Humor: a sub for humor relating to linguistics

Popular Topics in r/linguisticshumor

#1

Language

36 posts
#2

Phonetics

17 posts
#3

Pronunciation

15 posts
#4

English

11 posts
#5

Phonology

10 posts
#6

Ipa

8 posts
#7

Orthography

7 posts
#8

Vowels

7 posts
#9

Etymology

6 posts
#10

Latin

5 posts

Flair Used in r/linguisticshumor

#1
Phonetics/Phonology
: "The Latin alphabet was not designed with Germanic languages in mind"
37 posts
#2
Sociolinguistics
: "OMG A CUBE"
16 posts
#3
Semantics
: "Grammatical gender is funny sometimes"
10 posts
#4
Etymology
: "A little switcheroo in German"
9 posts
#5
Morphology
: "Ever see an old (American) text with connexion?"
9 posts
#6
Syntax
: "Poland... Polska"
8 posts
#7
Historical Linguistics
: "did this really need a page"
6 posts
#8
Psycholinguistics
: "Colors"
3 posts

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Yearly
+40k members(29.4%)

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Last updated: September 3, 2026